EPA Has Announced the Range for the 2024 Kia EV9

Those are some pretty compelling ranges for an EV that size and price.  Bigger than a Model-X, more traditional SUV shape, $15k cheaper than a base Model-X with only a 48-mile difference in range. Plus access to all of the superchargers soon.

Food for thought: At $65k for the AWD model, it's exactly the same price as a Tahoe LT 4x4 with no options.

2 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Food for thought: At $65k for the AWD model, it's exactly the same price as a Tahoe LT 4x4 with no options.

I have being saying this for a couple of years now.  Yeah. 2 years. 

That EVs have almost achieved price parity with their ICE counterparts.   Obviously 2 yeaers ago it wasnt that obvious, but as the years go by, and more and more EV models come to market from different manufacturers, the more choices and price brackets open up.  Economies of scale being acheived. Slowly but surely.  

That does not mean that battery mining is getting cheaper.  But the cost of battery manufacturing is inching downward slowly slowly.  

The holy grail of that 30 000 dollar EV is just about to be offered.  But...price of ICE-Vs are going up in price too.  So...maybe a 30 000 dollar EV might not be that holy grail price point that manufacturers NEED...   Whether ICE-Vs are going up artificially or not, is not the argument.  The point is, EVs are offered at the SAME price points as their ICE counterparts and are optioned out the same or better.   And these EVs are not small EVs either.  They are as functional for folk as ICE-Vs are. 

13 minutes ago, oldshurst442 said:

That does not mean that battery mining is getting cheaper.  But the cost of battery manufacturing is inching downward slowly slowly.  

Lithium Ion is likely not going to be the predominant chemistry of batteries in 10+ years. There are far too many promising alternative candidates that at least one of them is bound to take off.  So even then, the lithium question will eventually go away too.

Will be exciting to see when the builder comes out on the kia web site as to play with the options.

Kia EV9 | Introducing The All-New All-Electric SUV | Kia

I think Kia, Hyundai and Genesis are hitting on all cylinders in moving to EV and leaving ICE in the past where it belongs.

Additional food for thought, the Cadillac Lyric which has the same length and width as the EV9 (though EV9 is taller), starts at $62,000 for the AWD trim and a Luxury 3 AWD is $72,000.  These are 500 hp and over 300 miles range, and come with a $7500 tax credit.

The Kia is priced higher than a Cadillac even before the $7500 credit.  I don't see the great value here in paying $7500 more than a Cadillac for a Kia.  And biggest miss ever that the Lyric wasn't a 3-row at that size, that's actually the only reason to buy the Kia over the Cadillac.